Of ANT S. 93 
Moifture of the Earth- The Cuftoms of Foreign 
Ants may* in this and various Inftances, deviate 
from ours. But, to fpeak impartially, Virtuofi 
have not brought their Accounts on this Head to 
any Degree of Certainty or Demonftration. 
The moft material Argument in Favour of 
Ant-Magazines is the Authority of the facred 
Writings. Solomon , who, as in other Points of 
Wifdom, was like wife verfed in the Arcana of 
Nature, has % twice mentioned thefe extraordi- 
nary Infeits, and each Time with an immediate 
Reference to their Sagacity in providing for the 
Neceffities of Winter. The learned Mr. Ray 9 
Mr. Derham , and other Naturalifts, are hence 
byaffed to believe the Curiofity. If indeed we 
confider the fuperior Warmth of the Eaftera 
Parts of the World, and of confequence the pro¬ 
portionable Clemency of the Seafons, it will not 
be improbable that the Oriental Ants fhould vary 
* Prcv. vi, 7. Which having no Guide , Overfeer , or 
Ruler , provideth her Meat in the Summer, and 
gathereth her Food in the Harveji . 
Prov. xxx 25. The Ants are a People not fir ong 9 yet 
they prepare their Meat in the Summer „ 
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